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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;softmentor, post: 1451990, member: 10469&quot;]Well, the Treasury held a lot of bags of silver dollars for years, stacked in piles and tossed around as they were moved from time to time. End result was uncirculated coins that had bag mark scratches, but they held up rather well until they released them.&nbsp; </p><p>From Wikipedia</p><p>In the early 1960s, a large quantity of uncirculated Morgan dollars was&nbsp; found to be available from Treasury vaults, including issues once&nbsp; thought rare. Individuals began purchasing large quantities of the&nbsp; pieces at face value, and eventually the Treasury ceased to exchange <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_certificate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_certificate" rel="nofollow">silver certificates</a> for silver coin. Beginning in the 1970s, the Treasury conducted a sale of silver dollars minted at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_City_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_City_Mint" rel="nofollow">Carson City Mint</a> through the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Services_Administration" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Services_Administration" rel="nofollow">General Services Administration</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>I remember when this happened in the 1960&#039;s I was a kid so I BEGGED my Father to take me and buy some. He wouldn&#039;t do it. --sigh-- Uncirculated Morgans at face value. As many as you want. People were literally taking out wheelbarrows and carts full.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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